Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

The telescope is a project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation and is under ...

Interior minister Rodrigo Penailillo said that a state of catastrophe had been declared and armed forces had been ordered to co-ordinate support operations Heavy rains in Chile's northern desert ...

Chilean police have launched a major search for a British scientist who has gone missing in the north of the country ... on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood to have ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ... and located about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of Chile's capital. The telescope is expected ...